Campanini Concert Delights Boston Audience
Lyman H Weeks reports a crowded Music Hall audience enjoyed the Campanini operatic company. Performers included Gerster, Scalchi, Galassi, Corsini, Torricelli, and the Campanini group delivering brilliancy and expressive singing. Gerster’s return impressed yet showed aging limits. Campanini impressed with superb voice, tone, and fiery spirit. Scalchi and Galassi praised for technical achievement. Corsini entertaining in arias and duets.
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Campanini
Campanini Operatic Concert Company
Music Hall
de Bérlot Signora Torricelli
Arioso—'O Nair
Pecheurs de Perles
Bizet Signor Galassi
Donna Caritea
Mercadante
Mme
Scalchi
Bériot
Gerster
Don Pasquaie
Donizetti Signora Galassi
Corsini
School of Music
Mme. Gerster
Boston
Ater
Mme. Scalchi
Signor Galassi
Bizet
Signora Torricelli
Signor Corsini
Donizetti
Lyman H, Weeks
Payment notice from Post Publishing Company
Second class master statement instructs readers that all money sent at sender's risk and that all checks drafts and money orders should be made payable to the Post Publishing Company.
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Post Publishing Company
City paper page references and sections noted
The notice lists page locations for sections of the publication. Financial and Commercial Departments appear on pages six and seven while Ship News is on page three.
Boston Harbor Improvements Urged by Merchants
New England representatives are urged to ensure Congress provides for major Boston Harbor improvements. Senator Evarts has discussed harbor protection with the New York Chamber of Commerce. A plan to widen and deepen Boston Harbor’s channel at a small cost has been shown feasible and deserves consideration.
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New England
Congress
Boston Harbor
Senator Evarts
New York Chamber of Commerce
Smallpox Cases Rise in Brooklyn Spark Health Crackdown
Seven smallpox cases have been reported in Brooklyn since Saturday. While not all may trace to two steamships arriving in New York, officials demand strict health measures. Ships will require proof of vaccination before landing passengers, and agents urge compulsory vaccination for emigrants before sailing.
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Brooklyn
New York
Mediterranean Line
Rhode Island Election Mirrors Local Power Struggle
The Rhode Island annual election holds local significance as a potential return of the Republican machine led by Boss Brayton, risking undermining recent reforms from last year. With the U S senatorship as a prize, Republicans will push hard to regain control, while a second Democratic term is seen as a continuation of needed reforms and stability.
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Rhode Island
BrayTon
United States
Home Market Club and Canadian firms clash over tariffs
Readers are shown letters from the Meriden Britannia Company and the American Screw Company revealing a split with the Home Market Club over labor wages raw materials and tariffs. The Britannia Company says wage levels in Canada mirror U S rates and questions cheaper Canadian sources while the Screw Company notes duty removal for iron but favors high tariffs to protect output. The piece suggests manufacturers want free materials and protectionist tariffs to shift costs onto users of britannia ware and wood screws.
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Meriden Britannia Company
American Screw Company
Britannia Company
Canada
Club
United States
The
Screw Company
Mgr
Coamberlain
Home Market Club
Local government bill sparks Tory squirearchy fears
The Post notes prior discussion on a government bill in Parliament and doubts that Tory landowners will push for Lord Salisbury's defeat to shield their political dominance, suggesting this fear may prove groundless.
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Squirearchy
Lord Souisbury
Reform, Local Government, and the Home Rule Pressure
The piece recalls Sir Robert Plais era corn laws as Conservative reform splits deepen. It notes local government bill ideas may be radical yet likely accepted by country gentlemen shedding administrative power. The Saturday Review predicts higher local taxation under household suffrage nominees and urges graceful transition of duties to successors.
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Robert Ples
Saturday Review
Chorus of tariff reform critics and a potential Maine chief justice
A critique of Mr. Allen Thorndike Rice's tariff essays argues the collection serves a pro protection chorus from industrial leaders who claim free trade harms workers. It praises Mr. Putnam as a fit chief justice candidate, noting his legal stature, fisheries work, and potential to bring long term judicial consistency.
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Allen Thorndike Rier
B. F. Jones
Joan Jarueett
A. L. Conger
Ohio
Treasury
United States
W. P. Dr Armit
Cleveland
Putnam
New England
Maine
Senate
Puutnam
The Supreme Bench Choosing William L. Putnam Pace
Washington sources suggest William L. Putnam of Maine as a possible Supreme Court nominee. With venerable justices nearing retirement age, observers expected a senior lawyer or an associate justice to be chosen, though plans remain unsettled.
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Washington
William L. Putnam
Maine
Supreme Bench
Purnnaam
M Flouquet's Problem And French Political Unrest
The new French premier M FrLoquet speaks to the Chamber of Deputies offering vague plans to reorganize the army and a revision of the constitution. With a disintegrating party system and no majority, a dissolution of the Chamber is likely, raising doubts about any decisive reform or stable government ahead.
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M. Floquet
Chamber of Deputies
M. F Loquin
Carnor
France
Lord Aberdeen
England
M. F Logurr
The Women’s Conference At Washington Draws Mixed Praise
The Washington gathering of the National Woman Suffrage Association marks the fortieth anniversary of the first woman’s rights convention. Delegates hailed the movement as a great liberty, yet critics noted the lack of true representation for ordinary women and absent figures such as Amelia Osborne and Flora McDonald.
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Washington
National Woman Suffrage Association
Buzapern Capy Stanvron
Canada
England
France
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Italy
India
Amelia Osborne
Flora McDonald
di Vernon
Athletic Girl
Jolly Girl
Women at Boston union lecture group debate rights and wages
Dense conference on women covers religion science marriage and suffrage. Mrs. Andy Morrow Diaz describes the Boston Women's Educational and Industrial Union as a social center offering reading rooms, lectures, classes, and job aid. About 250000 Massachusetts women work in industry seeking fair pay and protection.
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Andy Morrow Diaz
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union of
Boston
Massachusetts
New York Lawyer Duped by Spiritualist Medium
A prominent New York lawyer, once respected in his community, has succumbed to a spiritualist craze. He now funds a medium who claims to channel the old masters of art to produce paintings. The motive appears to be the medium’s gain, evidenced by the lawyer gifting her his house and other valuable assets. The supposed masters’ works are not worth such sums.
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New York
Marine Park
Central Court
Cox Bill Aims Eleventh Census At Six Million Dollars
Mr. Cox introduces a bill for the eleventh census with six million dollars proposed. The act would revise the tenth census framework, emphasizing targeted studies while aiming to produce seven volumes of results, underscoring quality costs over sheer volume.
Chicago Nine Market Price Ranges With Clarkson Deal
Market price of Chicago baseball players can now be set with accuracy. Last year Keuty was secured by Boston for a $10,000 forfeit, and this year Clarkson’s release cost the same amount. The second speculation may yield a higher ranking than the first.
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Chicago Baseball Nine
Keuty
Boston
Clarkson
Henry Canor Loper at Harvard as a high protection advocate
The Advertiser notes Henry Canor Loper’s Harvard appearance as evidence of how undergraduates view a man’s stance on economic questions after study and attention. Great Scott.
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Henry Canor Loper
Harvard
Advertiser
Scott
Caspar the Yodler heads at Theatres with Ellis leading
Theatres present Caspar the Yodler, a comedy drama led by Charles T. Ellis transitioning from variety work. The review praises the supporting cast, notes Ellis as a promising yet imperfect newcomer, and calls the staging pretty though the plot light.
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Caspar the
Yodler
Charles T. Ellis
Caspar
William Carleton
Sturt
fKritz
Ellis
Joe Emmet
Mr. Ellis
Mr. Emmet
Boston Theatre Minstrels Present Engaging Week
Thatcher Primrose and West's minstrels appear at the Boston Theatre this week with new features such as The Firemen's Parade The Archery Club and Mr Ed Marble's burlesque A Black Secret a droll parody of A Dark Secret The Clipper quartet earns encores with strong singing and afternoon shows on Wednesday Saturday and Thursday Fast Day.
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Boston Theatre
Thatcher
Primrose
West
Archery Club
Ed Marble
Clipper
Mnstrels
Mr Lang’s Concert At Chickering Hall Delivers Mixed Pianos
The first of Mr Lang's concerto evenings at Chickering Hall featured a small orchestra and his pupils. Mozart, Chopin, and MacDowell concertos were performed by Elizabeth Marsh, Harry Fay, and B L Whelpley with mixed critical reception. Songs by Cornelius and Berlioz were sung by Mrs J C Bartlett between pieces.
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Lang
Chickering Hall
Mozart
Elizabeth Marsh
Chopin
Harry Fay
MacDowell
B. L. Whelpley
Cornelius and
Berlioz
In Memory of Judge Bacon and Indian Education Policy
A report recalls the death of Judge Bacon with tributes from Judges Pitman Mason and Staples and other officials. The piece also presents President Cleveland's April 3 reply defending English language instruction in Indian schools and detailing the government rules governing vernacular use and missionary education to advance Indian advancement while promoting English language mastery.
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Bacon
Supreme Court
Pitman
Mason and Staples
Morton
Devens
Charles Allen
Wiliam Allen
Field
Holmes
Barker
Thompson
Supreme Sherman
Waterman
Messrs
Charles Robinson
C. Q. Tirrell
Lowell
William Gaston
H. C. Hutchins
J. B. Richardson
Superior Court
Brethen
Savaral
Wight
Wasmeron
Philadelphia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Indian Bureau
Dakota
Grover Cleveland
Meeting Adopts Resolutions Then Adjourns After Vote
A meeting votes to spread resolutions on court records and then adjourns. The discourse recalls fidelity to duty and the English liturgy as guidance while noting the passing of a brother who still speaks through its language.
South Boston Art Club opens fourth annual exhibition
The South Boston Art Club unveiled its fourth annual exhibition at Bethesda Hall on Broadway and F street with a reception drawing many friends. Local artists Walter L. Dean John J. Enneking W F Galsail Ross Turner Mrs Cardell and E Boyd Smith contributed notable works along with architectural drawings by H I Bigelow and B F Homer. The show to the public runs today and continues day and evening through Friday.
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South Boston Art Club
Bethesda Hall
Broadway
F Street
Walter L, Dean
John J. Enneking
W. F. Galsail
Ross Turner
Mrs. Cardell
E. Boyd Smith
H. I. Bigelow
BF. B. Homer
Forumnian Club Concert Delights Fauntleroy Hall
The second Forumian Club concert at Fauntleroy Hall drew a crowded house with harpist Heinrich Schueecker contralto Pauline Hammond tenor J L Burlington pianist H Gerrish and Grant Drake as soloists under conductor Clarence E Hay. A programme of popular and artistic pieces pleased the audience and a Vienna Monument Fund series is set for Music Hall with arias and a duet from the Marriage of Figaro and Pagliacci selections.
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Forumnian Club
Fauntleroy Hall
Heinrich Schueecker
Pauline Hammond
J. L. Burlington
H. Gerrish
Grant Drake
Clarence E. Hay
Gericke
Music Hall
Vienna Monument
Ozwart
Mme, Lehmann
Miss Meisslinger
Figare
Katisch
Fischer
Witty miscellany on politics and society in brief quips
A collection of satirical observations on high license New Jersey politics, Queen Isabella debt rumors, modern theater, perpetual motion, farmers markets, and social elites. Notable asides include Ignatius Donnelly on Bacon, Jay Gould’s health, protectionist whiskey tax talk, and comments on New York society and prominent Republicans.
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N. O. Picayune
New Jersey
New Jersey Lightning
Isabella
Bess
Jay Gould
New York City
Ignatius Donnelly
Bacon
Marlowe
Gardner
New York
Aront
Wales
New York Commercial
Brooklyn Eagle
Boston Traveller
Hartford Post
Phelps
Cleveland
Boston writer envisions natural history displays and living gifts for new zoo
A Boston writer argues for the Marine Park aquaria and Franklin Park species as part of a future zoological collection. He recalls London grants to Zoological Gardens, notes safe wild beasts in guarded gardens, and recounts props like a dog fighting tale as a cultural mirror while previewing a bead show and the round headed bull terrier debate.
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Loston
South Africa
Boston
Franklin Park
London
Howard Street
Salem
Boa
Bertram
Marshal Tukey
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Semira
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Rossini
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Aria Buffa
Nekossini
Pecheurs de
Perles
Deeeeeawey Signori Campanini
Galassi
Tirindelli Signora Torricelli
Agonotti
Meyerbeer
Boston Post Post Publishing CO. Publishers
Milk
Washington Street
LoSton Post
the Supreme Bench
MR. Lang
Judge Bacon
Methodist Conference
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